Fsc Star · 1958–1965
Star 66
The Star 66 is a general purpose 6x6 army truck designed in Poland by FSC Star in Starachowice.
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Successor: Star 66/660
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History
In 1952, the State Commission for Economic Planning and the Main Board for Armament and War Technology Planning organized a competition for the development of technical documentation for a medium-duty off-road truck. According to the competition criteria, the projects had to use as many components of the Star 20 and Lublin 51 trucks as possible. The first results of the work were presented in June 1952 by the Automotive Industry Design Office from Warsaw and its Łódź branch. After the competition committee approved the presented projects, two prototypes of the two-axle Star 44 model and the three-axle Star 66 model were built in 1953. The design of the prototype Star 44 was mounted on a longitudinal welded frame made of pressed sheet metal. The running gear used a front and rear rigid drive axle suspended on semi-elliptical leaf springs. The rear drive axle was equipped with a mechanically controlled differential lock. The drive was provided by a prototype, 6-cylinder, in-line petrol engine of the S44 type, with a displacement of 4680 cm3 and a maximum power of 63 kW (85.7 HP). The engine was coupled with a 5-speed manual, non-synchronised gearbox from the Star 20 model. The gearbox was locked with a two-speed reducer. The body of the second model, which was the three-axle prototype of the Star 66, was mounted on a longitudinal welded frame made of pressed sheet metal. The running gear consisted of a front rigid drive axle suspended on semi-elliptical leaf springs, and a middle and rear drive axle, each suspended on two inverted semi-elliptical leaf springs and six reaction rods. The middle and rear drive axles were equipped with a mechanical differential lock. The drive was provided by a prototype, 6-cylinder, in-line petrol engine of the S46 type, with a displacement
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Specifications
- name
- Star 66
- Manufacturer
- FSC Star
- Production
- 1958–1965
- Assembly
- Poland
- Engine
- 4,6L S47 V6
- Length
- 6528 mm
- Width
- 2400 mm
- Height
- 2875 mm
- Kerb weight
- 5200 kg
- Successor
- Star 660
- Transmission
- 5-speed, manual, unsynchronised
- Class
- 6x6 Truck
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Sources
- Wikidata — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9343729CC0 1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_66CC BY-SA 4.0 · Text © Wikipedia contributors; revision 1375056540 · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Radiostacja_R-118K.jpgCC BY-SA 3.0 · Photo: Markier at Polish Wikipedia · retrieved 2026-10-01
- Car Model Index — https://models.autoculturesociety.com/Compiled record. Sources that do not permit reuse are not copied; this index is credited instead.